PT150.S2.Q24

PrepTest 150 - Section 2 - Question 24

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Legal theorist: Only two types of theories of criminal sentencing can be acceptable—retributivist theories, which hold that the purpose of sentences is simply to punish, and rehabilitationist theories, which hold that a sentence is a means to reform the offender. █ █████████████ ██████ ██ ███ ██████████ ██████ ██ ████████ ██ ███ █████████ ████ ███ █████████ ██ █ ██████████ ██████ ██ ████████████ ██ ███ ███████████ ██ ███ ████████ █████████████ ████████ ████ ████ ████ █████████ ██████ ███████ ██████ █████████ ███ ██████ ████████ ████ ███ ██ ███████ ███████ ███████ ████ ██████████ █████ ██████ ████████ ███ ██ ██ ████ ███████ ████ ███ ███████ ████████

Summary

If a theory of criminal sentencing is acceptable, it must be (1) retributivist, OR (2) rehabilitationist.

If a retributivist theory is acceptable, then it MUST conform to the principle that harshness should be proportional to seriousness.

Retributivist theories that hold criminals should get longer sentences for repeat offenses do NOT conform to the principle that harshnes should be proportional to seriousness.

Very Strongly Supported Conclusions

Retributivist theories that hold criminals should get longer sentences for repeat offenses are NOT acceptable (because they violate the principle of proportionality).

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24.

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a

No rehabilitationist theory █████ ████ █████████ ██ ████████ ██ ██ ██████████ █████ ██ ██████ ████ █████████

b

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c

Any rehabilitationist theory ████ █████ ████ █████████ ██████ ███████ ██████ █████████ ███ ██████ ████████ ████ ███ ██ ███████ ███████ ██ ██ ██████████ ███████

d

All theories of ████████ ██████████ ████ ███████ ██ ███ █████████ ████ ███ █████████ ██ █ ██████████ ██████ ██ ████████████ ██ ███ ███████████ ██ ███ ███████ ███ ███████████

e

A theory of ████████ ██████████ ████ █████ ████ █████████ ██████ ███████ ██████ █████████ ███ ██████ ████████ ████ ███ ██ ███████ ███████ ██ ██████████ ████ ██ ██ ██ █ █████████████████ ███████

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